We have just finished our recordings for our second album! The last day turned out to be 11 hours long, but we managed to get everything together in time for the mixing.
We are all pleased with the new songs and how they turned out. Our producer, Janne ''More Dio, more Hetfield!'' Joutsenniemi seemed happy as well! (I could have been the beer and the shots, though...).
The next step for us is to name the songs and the album. We hate to let go of the working titles we grew to love and hate over the recordings, but what can you do. We also have to figure out the cover art, the booklet etc. Still a shitload of stuff to do, but the hard part is over.
Thanks to everyone who was involved in this album in any way! It turned out so much better than we had ever hoped.
See you!
-Tuomas, Jeremy, Perttu, Vili, Pekko, Antti
perjantai 6. maaliskuuta 2009
maanantai 2. maaliskuuta 2009
Just a few more days...
...and the recordings will end! Thursday will be the last recording day for us. After that Janne will go through the songs and work his magic on them before he sends them over to be mixed and mastered.
Wensday will be an interesting day for us, for we will be having some help with the backing vocals in some songs. Our friends Aleksi Sihvonen (ex. Imperanon, Medicated) and Kasper Sirenius will be lending their angelic voices for us all to enjoy. Theres already like 32 tracks of Anttis voice on the album, and when we add these guys voices to the mix, you can be sure the vocal wall will be massive as hell. Can't wait till wensday :D
Only 3 days left. It's almost finished! Let's just hope that everything goes well, and nothing bad happens. These things have a nasty habit of getting really hectic at the last minutes.
Let's keep our fingers crossed!
-Trace
Wensday will be an interesting day for us, for we will be having some help with the backing vocals in some songs. Our friends Aleksi Sihvonen (ex. Imperanon, Medicated) and Kasper Sirenius will be lending their angelic voices for us all to enjoy. Theres already like 32 tracks of Anttis voice on the album, and when we add these guys voices to the mix, you can be sure the vocal wall will be massive as hell. Can't wait till wensday :D
Only 3 days left. It's almost finished! Let's just hope that everything goes well, and nothing bad happens. These things have a nasty habit of getting really hectic at the last minutes.
Let's keep our fingers crossed!
-Trace
tiistai 24. helmikuuta 2009
Nearly there
Howza!
After long hours of copying, pasting and autotune abusal, Antti is done with the clean vocals!
All that's left to do now are the growls, some lead guitars, the solos and the keyboards. Time surely flies when you get to do something with your time.
We have had a lot of interesting moments with our studio equipment. The computer we are using has been having this nasty habit of being an unreliable peace of shit. Sometimes it gives out no sound, and sometimes it does. Sometimes it goes into a tilt, and sometimes it's just working really, REALLY slow. The only thing we have been able to do has been rebooting the damn thing over and over again. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't, we reboot it again and hope for the best.
But with the help of sisu and outrageous swearing we are making good progress! Almost there! Won't be long now, folks!
Till next time
-Trace
After long hours of copying, pasting and autotune abusal, Antti is done with the clean vocals!
All that's left to do now are the growls, some lead guitars, the solos and the keyboards. Time surely flies when you get to do something with your time.
We have had a lot of interesting moments with our studio equipment. The computer we are using has been having this nasty habit of being an unreliable peace of shit. Sometimes it gives out no sound, and sometimes it does. Sometimes it goes into a tilt, and sometimes it's just working really, REALLY slow. The only thing we have been able to do has been rebooting the damn thing over and over again. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't, we reboot it again and hope for the best.
But with the help of sisu and outrageous swearing we are making good progress! Almost there! Won't be long now, folks!
Till next time
-Trace
torstai 19. helmikuuta 2009
A day off
We took a day off today from the recordings, because both Janne and Antti are sick as hell.
We really don't want vomit and diarrhea all over the equipment :D Janne was under the weather yesterday, and Antti has to stay at home, because he can't leave the toilet for more than 30 minutes at tops.
But now onto less disgusting and more important matters...
As said before, the drums, the rythm guitars and the bass tracks are all done. Antti has managed to finish a couple of songs and Tuomas and Jeremy are working on the lead guitars. The album is starting to take it's shape, and we are getting more and more exited as time goes by. Can't wait to hear the final product!
We hope that both Janne and Antti are feeling better tomorrrow, because we still have a shitload of work to do.
Till next time, folks!
-Trace
We really don't want vomit and diarrhea all over the equipment :D Janne was under the weather yesterday, and Antti has to stay at home, because he can't leave the toilet for more than 30 minutes at tops.
But now onto less disgusting and more important matters...
As said before, the drums, the rythm guitars and the bass tracks are all done. Antti has managed to finish a couple of songs and Tuomas and Jeremy are working on the lead guitars. The album is starting to take it's shape, and we are getting more and more exited as time goes by. Can't wait to hear the final product!
We hope that both Janne and Antti are feeling better tomorrrow, because we still have a shitload of work to do.
Till next time, folks!
-Trace
maanantai 16. helmikuuta 2009
We are making progress!!!
Things are rollin' alright since Pekko finished the basstracks for the last song a few hours a go. All in all the session went very smoothly and about 24 hours of total working time was wasted on 'em low frequencies. Theres not much to party about because there is no money and the weather is shit cold. But the bass was pretty good!!! At least Tuomas is satisfied!!
Right at this very moment Antti started working in the singing booth, but it didn't last long before the first radical grammar bug had to be changed. But because Antti is bad guy he doesn't give a shit and is doing a fine job with the vocal melodies!! The clean vocals are recorded first, then the harmonies and then the growls. If there will be any of them on the album??
Oh yeah and doctor Vili is about to start the keyboard recordings with the whale in his own personal home ultrastudio. Because Vili is a top quality keyboard man, his job shouldn't take more than somewhere between six and seven hours. And on top of that, tomorrow Tuomas will start to tape in the leads and figuring out he's guitar leads!!
Looks like the record casette will be ready in no time!!
-Tracedawn
Right at this very moment Antti started working in the singing booth, but it didn't last long before the first radical grammar bug had to be changed. But because Antti is bad guy he doesn't give a shit and is doing a fine job with the vocal melodies!! The clean vocals are recorded first, then the harmonies and then the growls. If there will be any of them on the album??
Oh yeah and doctor Vili is about to start the keyboard recordings with the whale in his own personal home ultrastudio. Because Vili is a top quality keyboard man, his job shouldn't take more than somewhere between six and seven hours. And on top of that, tomorrow Tuomas will start to tape in the leads and figuring out he's guitar leads!!
Looks like the record casette will be ready in no time!!
-Tracedawn
keskiviikko 11. helmikuuta 2009
GUITARS ARE DONE!!
Well, at least the rhytmhm tracks are now all in the hard drive. Tuomas used two amps, a Bogner Überschall and a Krank revolution, two tracks each so together we got four rhythm guitar tracks.
All the riffs are playd tight of course and the geetar wall is MASSIVE!!!
Today the recordings of the bass started, with massive problems of course. What else can you expect from a 4-string wielding asshole? After a few hours of searching the pieces started to fall into place and the first song was recorded. However, briefly after this Janne had to leave to go to see a doctor cause the masquerade (during the drum recordings) he took part in left some serious internal injuries in hes body that must be cured.
Tomorrow it's serious business and we start to bang smash and slam the bass tracks in for real.
And yeah we are also going to play a gig in Tavastia to warm up the weekends Finnish Metal Meeting Festival.
Let's see what happens!!
-Trace
P.S We are also very grateful that last weekend we got to play the now legendary/infamous Frostbite metalfest, in it's all absurdness the event kikced ass! HAHA
Thank you mr. Caribbea Man!! Pinã Colada, RUM AND COKE, Scuba Dive and Pinã COLADA!!!
Well, at least the rhytmhm tracks are now all in the hard drive. Tuomas used two amps, a Bogner Überschall and a Krank revolution, two tracks each so together we got four rhythm guitar tracks.
All the riffs are playd tight of course and the geetar wall is MASSIVE!!!
Today the recordings of the bass started, with massive problems of course. What else can you expect from a 4-string wielding asshole? After a few hours of searching the pieces started to fall into place and the first song was recorded. However, briefly after this Janne had to leave to go to see a doctor cause the masquerade (during the drum recordings) he took part in left some serious internal injuries in hes body that must be cured.
Tomorrow it's serious business and we start to bang smash and slam the bass tracks in for real.
And yeah we are also going to play a gig in Tavastia to warm up the weekends Finnish Metal Meeting Festival.
Let's see what happens!!
-Trace
P.S We are also very grateful that last weekend we got to play the now legendary/infamous Frostbite metalfest, in it's all absurdness the event kikced ass! HAHA
Thank you mr. Caribbea Man!! Pinã Colada, RUM AND COKE, Scuba Dive and Pinã COLADA!!!
torstai 5. helmikuuta 2009
A brief info
What's up, everyone?
We started recording the rhythm guitars tuesday. Tuomas and Janne ended up spending almost the entire day playing around with different amps, trying to find the best sound.
Despite all that nonsense, Tuomas has been performing great. Fueled by smokes and energydrinks, he is now about halfway finished with the guitars! After he's done, Pekko will man the studio with his brand new Spector!
We will be taking a small break from recordings this weekend, because we have a gig in Lahti this friday. We'll be playing alongside with bands like Amoral, Arch Enemy, Dead Shape Figure and Lamb Of God. Gonna be a blast!
That's all for now, folks!
Stay tuned!
-Tracedawn
We started recording the rhythm guitars tuesday. Tuomas and Janne ended up spending almost the entire day playing around with different amps, trying to find the best sound.
Despite all that nonsense, Tuomas has been performing great. Fueled by smokes and energydrinks, he is now about halfway finished with the guitars! After he's done, Pekko will man the studio with his brand new Spector!
We will be taking a small break from recordings this weekend, because we have a gig in Lahti this friday. We'll be playing alongside with bands like Amoral, Arch Enemy, Dead Shape Figure and Lamb Of God. Gonna be a blast!
That's all for now, folks!
Stay tuned!
-Tracedawn
sunnuntai 1. helmikuuta 2009
WHUUPPI DOO!!
Uuh Yeah!!
Were celecbrating for the DRUMTRAXX!!. The drums are done, hell yeah!! This means that the second albums gonna be a real tasty rib. Like said before there are gonna be drums on EVERY muthaphukkin track. AND THEY'RE ALL DONE!!!!! Yes THE DRUMS are recorded.
Mr. Perttu "beat-detective" (mitään ei oo vittu beat detectattu saatana, eikä muuten ookkaan) Kurttila did a one hundred procent ultrasuperdecent job! "Next time sober" was the producers note. So 9 outta nine it's gonna be. Nine traxx full of mayhem, some of them are soft, some are pillow-tight. (emo-choruses with fake angry riffs and blast-beasts with Iron Maiden melodies)
We are anxious to get all the other instruments on tape, it's gonna be a child's play now that the Janne "china-manaaja" Joutsenniemi is gonna have a super computer that works fine on every take. We wonder how Andy McCoy got over the Seawolf Macintosh machine that bugged after every COPYPASTE. COPYPASTE!!! SAATANA.
Okay then only one sentence remains: THIS CD/CASETTE IS GUNNA BE KILLER, a lot heavier and catchier than it's predecessor!!!
P.S: Mr. China Man Producer needs to take a day off because he was in a masquerade yesterday , so we will begin to record the RHYTHYHM-GUITARS on tuesday.
In studio Redhouse!!!
TROUBLES AHEAD!!!
Kisses: TRADEDAWN
Were celecbrating for the DRUMTRAXX!!. The drums are done, hell yeah!! This means that the second albums gonna be a real tasty rib. Like said before there are gonna be drums on EVERY muthaphukkin track. AND THEY'RE ALL DONE!!!!! Yes THE DRUMS are recorded.
Mr. Perttu "beat-detective" (mitään ei oo vittu beat detectattu saatana, eikä muuten ookkaan) Kurttila did a one hundred procent ultrasuperdecent job! "Next time sober" was the producers note. So 9 outta nine it's gonna be. Nine traxx full of mayhem, some of them are soft, some are pillow-tight. (emo-choruses with fake angry riffs and blast-beasts with Iron Maiden melodies)
We are anxious to get all the other instruments on tape, it's gonna be a child's play now that the Janne "china-manaaja" Joutsenniemi is gonna have a super computer that works fine on every take. We wonder how Andy McCoy got over the Seawolf Macintosh machine that bugged after every COPYPASTE. COPYPASTE!!! SAATANA.
Okay then only one sentence remains: THIS CD/CASETTE IS GUNNA BE KILLER, a lot heavier and catchier than it's predecessor!!!
P.S: Mr. China Man Producer needs to take a day off because he was in a masquerade yesterday , so we will begin to record the RHYTHYHM-GUITARS on tuesday.
In studio Redhouse!!!
TROUBLES AHEAD!!!
Kisses: TRADEDAWN
tiistai 27. tammikuuta 2009
The Recordings have begun!!
JEE JEE!!!
As always, the drums are being recorded first, and we are working with Janne "china-man" Joutsenniemi, who is our producer on this album. Things are going smoothly and at the moment Perttu has completed three drumtracks out of nine. Yes, there will be nine songs on the album, and fortunately they all have drums!
As always, the songs go by working titles (ain't kinda wimpy to name a song before you start cummin up with the riffs?). We can give you some ultra-killer tune names such as "Avaruusbiisi", "VITTUU", "Hiilikaivoksen Hiiret" and "Diskotek".
Everybody's very excited about the new CD, because it's gonna wipe the floor with our debut.
This time the musics a lot more riff-oriented, there will be some high-velocity rapid fire shit from every instrument and Antti will surely unleash his inner beast on this one. He already suprised us with vocal styles we never thought he could pull off, and he did it like a cage monkey on crystal meth. Or sumthin like that. And this time there will be a few tracks from other guys than Tumppi too!!! Hell yeah!!
It might be possible that we publish some photo/videographic material later on, in case we give it some effort and the powers that be find it suitable to be seen on the internet.
Now it's time to get back to the recording pit cause the vicious drum antics of Mr.Kurttila are starting to fill the air!!!!
More stories coming up in no time, until then:
Happy weekend from TRACEDAWN!!
(and yeah, r-tuukkanen pusipusi ekalla lätärillä oli yks ilman rumpuja #/ LESKI)
(and yeah, r-tuukkanen pusipusi ekalla lätärillä oli yks ilman rumpuja #/ LESKI)
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